New Episodes of Samurai Jack Coming to Cartoon Network!

Creator Genndy Tartakovsky is bringing back the popular animated cartoon series Samurai Jack to Cartoon Network & Adult Swim with all-new episodes in 2016! The images that have been released to the public so far reveal a more violent and darker Jack 50 years in the future.

TEASER!

Jack will also have new armor and is now wielding guns, in addition to his famous sword. (Image Below)

Jack is now driving a motorbike! Check out this concept of the “Wasteland Bike”. (Image Below)

Genndy Tartakovsky debuted the concept art at the Annecy International Animated Film Festival, if only we were there! (Image Below)

The new season of Samurai Jack will premiere this fall as part of Adult Swim’s Toonami programming block. The first Samurai Jack seasons premiered between 2001-2004 for four great seasons, which earned Samurai Jack four Emmy Awards. The new season is currently in production in Los Angeles. We can’t wait!

The Author

Lavalle Lee

Lavalle has been making animated online cartoons since 2001 for his website flashcartoons.org. In 2009 Lavalle started learning from Don Bluth in his hand-drawn animation classes, as well as attending his Masterclasses in Arizona. In 2011 he started this website after seeing most animation sites were about all types of animation, not any specific to classical hand drawn animation. Lavalle also is the host of the popular online series. "The Traditional Animation Show". Lavalle is currently working for Don Bluth Films as a Production Manager and helped champion Dragon's Lair: The Movie Indiegogo crowd-funding campaign.

Samurai Jack was one of the greatest 2D shows ever produced for cartoon network. Genndy Tartakovsky and his friends really outdid themselves creating a show full of action, sci-fi fantasy and humor while displaying a unique retro art style too. And to this day I keep a maquette of the noble warrior on my desk for inspiration. I was excited to hear the news and see early concept art for a new season of Samurai Jack coming to adult swim’s toonami programming block. However, seeing Jack more dark along with a possibility of blood shed might worry me. Not to mention who will now fill Mako’s place for the villain Aku. Perhaps I’m just use to seeing spilt oil, robots exploding and laughing demons. That and how today’s viewers show little respect for traditional animation for something cheap and distasteful. Personally, I hope the new season doesn’t become just another gory anime. But something still different and rare that Genndy’s imagination could give. Ounce the new season arrives, I’ll just have to wait and see if Jack remains a strong but humble warrior, or something different.